by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 18, 2019 | Agriculture, Organic Food, Science
5 basic scientific concepts to help you spot pseudoscience | AGDAILY There is so much pseudoscience being spread around nowadays, and sometimes it can be hard to spot, especially for those who don’t have a background in science. A lot of it is based on a small...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 19, 2018 | Agriculture, Organic Food
I fully appreciate the contribution that the organic movement made in the early 20th century when it highlighted the importance of fostering soil health. My problems with institutional organic are not at all about its founding ideals or about organic farmers, but...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 29, 2018 | Agriculture, GMOs, Organic Food
Organic Food Isn’t Better For Your Health – Gid M-K; Health Nerd – Medium Environmentally friendly? Maybe. Healthy? Probably not An ongoing argument that I’ve had with almost every “clean eater” that I’ve ever met is about...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 6, 2017 | Agriculture, Humor, Organic Food
Six reasons to always buy organic – The Method – Medium Writing for the National Review, Julie Kelly recently attacked the organic industry by calling it a scam. Such an attack on their bottom line prompted a quick response from the Organic Trade...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 31, 2017 | Agriculture, GMOs, Organic Food
Farm Babe: The fat lies and fatter wallets of anti-GMO lobbyists There is a lot of misinformation about GMOs online. But why is that? Where is this info coming from? Well, the answer is quite clear once you do a little digging, and there is a lot of money to be made...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 20, 2017 | Agriculture, GMOs, Organic Food, Science
14 Facts the Organic Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know When my daughter was born nearly six years ago, Mr. Crumbs and I committed to buying organic milk, chicken and eggs. Shortly thereafter, we also decided to buy organic produce according to the dirty dozen...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 5, 2016 | GMOs, Organic Food
I am not a big fan of Bjørn Lomborg and I think articles about him on Real Climate and DeSmogBlog are important to read but I find him pretty much on target with regard to organic food in this op-ed he has penned for The Telegraph. Think organic food is better for...
